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The craft beer biz remains a male-dominated industry, but increasingly female brewers are getting the respect that they deserve.. Weve that, “Words to Drink By,” and more.
Stone Brewing’s New Female-Crafted ‘She Beer’
The craft beer biz remains a male-dominated industry, but increasingly female brewers are getting the respect that they deserve. In March Stone/Sapporo released a small-batch beer that was developed by female professionals in support of the Pink Boots Society.
Billed as “Bold Flavors by Bold Women,” and only available while it lasts at Stone Brewing locations, “She’s The Brewer West Coast IPA is an 8.5% ABV small batch release which was crafted using 8th annual edition of the Pink Boots hop blend. The blend was selected at the Great American Beer Festival in October, and Yakima Chief Hops donates $1 for every pound sold back to the Pink Boots Society.
“She’s The Brewer” was a team effort that included Fritzi Lara Lino, Anali Saiz, Laura Ulrich and other Sapporo-Stone female brewers, as well as Cat Wiest at Yakima Chief Hops in Washington state, who blended the hops used, and Heather Jackson and Chelsea Blankenship, farmers who grew them at Idaho’s Jackson Hop Farm.
“It’s a male-dominated industry,” Ulrich, Sapporo-Stone’s materials planner and buyer told the San Diego Union-Tribune, “Women are under-represented, but we’ve definitely made progress.”
Words to Drink By
“Just because you love it, that doesn’t mean you’ll make any money doing it.” – Bob Lefsetz, Music industry writer and media analyst
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Blue Moon Denver Brewpub Closes
Although Blue Moon beer was born in a basement bar at Coors Field in 1995, the brand has never really had a place to call home until 2016 when it opened 30,000-square-foot brewery and taproom in Denver’s River North Arts District, a part of the Five Points neighborhood once frequented by Jack Kerouac, that locals now call RiNo. But now that iconic location has closed its doors.
Located less than 2 miles from the ballpark where it was founded Blue Moon RiNo’s brewery and taproom was visually striking. Bright, airy and incredibly spacious, it was one for the ages, and we’ve got to admit the Molson Coors-owned brand did it right.
Its closure follows the August announcement in that parent company Molson Coors would be selling off four of its out-of-state craft beer properties and closing the A.C. Golden brewery in Golden, Colorado.
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